Circle the Bay: Day 32: Borregas Station to Adobe Creek

The superstructures of Moffett Field

Day 32: Borregas Station to Adobe Creek
(Sunnyvale to Mountain View)

Circle The Bay Part 3

January 4th 2019

6.6 miles in 1 hrs 14 mins

(Total: 344.5 miles in 76 hrs 32 mins)

I am a day or two away from completing this circuit of the bay. This section from Sunnyvale to Mountain View is the most fraught with memories for me. I had my first job in California underneath Google's new super tent they are building in the Shoreline industrial park in Mountain View. Too bad they had to let a lot of the redwoods die under where the tent was going. Hard for me to believe that they were drought kills, or they had a conservation policy of not watering them

And Sunnyvale was the location of my first venture-backed startup. That company is still going, making big waves in the semiconductor and artificial intelligence fields, and as a stakeholder I wish them well. I also have to have gratitude that they gave me freedom to pursue this adventure.

But the biggest presence in this area is the federal government and military-industrial contracting (i.e. Lockheed Martin). Well actually the fed's are on furlough right now. And they have leased Moffett Field to the Google boys for 99 years with its oversized blimp hangars and wind tunnel. Along with their fleet of military planes, a warm water port in Redwood City, and an international revenue and intelligence gathering operation, what else do they need to be an independent sovereign? Here's hoping the democracy of the United States keeps them reigned in, or at least working for our side.